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similar protests also appeared in iran, iraq, bangladesh, morocco, sudan and tunisia. in libyan, there was a gathering design to show appreciation for the united states. hundreds of libyans amassed outside the consulate, airing signs denouncing yesterday's violent destruction which led to the death of u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three others. in addition libyan authorities arrested four men suspected of instigating the protests. president obama called both egyptian president morsi and magariaf. the two calls had decidedly different tones. president obama expressed appreciation to libyan president magariaf for the cooperation received from the libyan government and people in responding to the attack. though questions still remain about the role libyan terrorists played in escalating the attacks. with respect to egypt the president had made an interesting comment in an interview earlier yesterday with telemundo. >> would you consider the current egyptian regime an ally of the united states? >> obama: i don't think that we would consider them an ally but we do
similar protests also appeared in iran, iraq, bangladesh, morocco, sudan and tunisia. in libyan, there was a gathering design to show appreciation for the united states. hundreds of libyans amassed outside the consulate, airing signs denouncing yesterday's violent destruction which led to the death of u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three others. in addition libyan authorities arrested four men suspected of instigating the protests. president obama called both egyptian president morsi...
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public appreciates that the president in targeting our foreign policy has been able to say we're out of iraq. we will be out of afghanistan but we managed to destroyed al-qaeda. that's where our foreign policy should be focused on. there is a sense that we succeeded in our objective and that's why the president is standing so well on foreign policy issues. >> it's a clear example where he had promise and he delivered on them. and mitt romney who did mention afghanistan in his nomination speech. they didn't really focus on in their convention or in the speechers or really in mitt romney's proposals or what he's saying about himself. again, it's a real important contrast. i agree with borris, there are not a lot of single-issue foreign policy voters but nonetheless it's a clear advantage for obama and a disadvantage for romney in terms of what he has been trying to say and the proposals he's being putting out there. >> eliot: i know you want to rebut that with the obama administration foreign policy but answer that, and then tell us how mitt romney foreign policy actually differ because i have
public appreciates that the president in targeting our foreign policy has been able to say we're out of iraq. we will be out of afghanistan but we managed to destroyed al-qaeda. that's where our foreign policy should be focused on. there is a sense that we succeeded in our objective and that's why the president is standing so well on foreign policy issues. >> it's a clear example where he had promise and he delivered on them. and mitt romney who did mention afghanistan in his nomination...
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this fantasy belief if you knock down iraq, that democracy was -- it was the reverse. >> eliot: i want to come back to the six briefings that make it to the president's desk. >> i cite six. >> eliot: there may be more. >> there are a total of 70 between the time he's inaugurated and -- >> eliot: which makes the point more remarkable. didn't somebody say listen, the bell is going off with such regularity, we have to get it all in one place how do we connect the dots. they didn't and had they done so, something might have ended up differently. >> one of the things to bear in mind here, there's only one other time in our history where there was intelligence coming in with the level of alarm in the summer of 2001 and that was in december of 1999. and that was we're about to be hit. it is going to be al-qaeda. they're doing something big and the government went on full-scale high alert. in fact, the c.i.a. and their counterterrorism effort, they had a budget that was on a fiscal year to end in september. they blew it through the entire budget by january 15th. it was don't worry spend do. th
this fantasy belief if you knock down iraq, that democracy was -- it was the reverse. >> eliot: i want to come back to the six briefings that make it to the president's desk. >> i cite six. >> eliot: there may be more. >> there are a total of 70 between the time he's inaugurated and -- >> eliot: which makes the point more remarkable. didn't somebody say listen, the bell is going off with such regularity, we have to get it all in one place how do we connect the...
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i went to iraq twice, my father died when i was in iraq. that story that romney is giving about his kids is a story for most american families. the real issue for mitt romney was even when he wasn't in france doing his mission, which i don't have a problem with a lot of mormons are serving honorably, but he got two draft deferments when he was done >> stephanie: yeah and he was for the vietnam war for other people. >> yes. >> stephanie: i have heard from a lot of vets that call my show who say that. >> until he decided to run against ted kennedy and then he was all a sudden against the war. mitt romney doesn't at all understand the sacrifice. he put paul ryan on the ticket and you know how many times it says veterans in his budget? zero. >> stephanie: tony give me cut five. bill clinton made a point last night that -- you know i thought was really -- again, it's all of these myths that only the republican party supports the military the right way. >> they want to go back to the same old pollties that got us into trouble in the first place.
i went to iraq twice, my father died when i was in iraq. that story that romney is giving about his kids is a story for most american families. the real issue for mitt romney was even when he wasn't in france doing his mission, which i don't have a problem with a lot of mormons are serving honorably, but he got two draft deferments when he was done >> stephanie: yeah and he was for the vietnam war for other people. >> yes. >> stephanie: i have heard from a lot of vets that...
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a way to have the iraq war anyway. you could make the argument that thanks to the work of our troops, and this president, that terrorism has been neutralized more than ever. >> but we don't have hab us corpus now. >> there's that too. for me it is a day that always will remind when people are screaming which side are you on with us or the terrorists. i like to say i'm on the side of anyone who is trying to solve the problems peacefully. >> right. any -- any religion that wants to end violence is fine as long as it's christian. that's your point. >> john: yes as long as it's christian. because violence is okay when my side does it. not religion is responsible hard core right-wing fundamentalists are responsible. >> right. >> john: we see it -- we saw it 11 years ago with the predominantly saudiw terrorists. america was attacked by zero iraqi, and zero afghans. >> yes and the worst attack happened with box cutters. >> john: that's right. and condy rice was the national security secretary. >> right. >> john: and the only
a way to have the iraq war anyway. you could make the argument that thanks to the work of our troops, and this president, that terrorism has been neutralized more than ever. >> but we don't have hab us corpus now. >> there's that too. for me it is a day that always will remind when people are screaming which side are you on with us or the terrorists. i like to say i'm on the side of anyone who is trying to solve the problems peacefully. >> right. any -- any religion that wants...
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meanwhile senators john mccain lindsey graham and joseph lieberman wrapped up their visit to iraq where they urged top officials to support the effort to overthrow assad. newly elected egyptian president moment morsi surprised some this week appearing to stand strong against assad warning that now to discuss the late nest syria is marc ginsberg, former u.s. u.s. ambassador to morocco who also served as deputy senior adviser for middle east policies to president carter. welcome. >> thank you. >> with the report of chemical weapons, this sounds treacherous. >> it does. you indicated there are hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming across syria's northern border with turkey and southern board with jordan creating an humanitarian crisis for relief, but think of the untold thousand who is are injured and wounded inside the cities who no longer have relief coming to them. >> eliot: this is a humanitarian crisis. i do not see the international community organizing itself to handle the refugee crisis in turkey jordan, or beginning to act in a way that is appropriate for what is going on in
meanwhile senators john mccain lindsey graham and joseph lieberman wrapped up their visit to iraq where they urged top officials to support the effort to overthrow assad. newly elected egyptian president moment morsi surprised some this week appearing to stand strong against assad warning that now to discuss the late nest syria is marc ginsberg, former u.s. u.s. ambassador to morocco who also served as deputy senior adviser for middle east policies to president carter. welcome. >> thank...
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i think under those circumstances, al gore would have pushed hard against iraq. up not only would have had republicans urging it, you would have had many democrats who believed that sadaam had weapons of mass destruction. >> who cares he didn't attack us. >> uh-uh. i'm not arguing. >> there's no way vice president gore would have been that irrational. no way. >> chenk that's -- you're not listening to me. i agree with you. you're hitting a straw mat. i am suggesting that the politics would have been much tougher. vice president lieberman who would have been vice president would have been as anxious to go into iraq as dick cheney. he was one of the leading hawks of either party and so the picture i paint is not al gore going into iraq, no. he said at the time it would have been mike attacking the phillipines after pearl harbor. the picture i paint is a president under enormous political pressure and suffering politically for not going into iraq. that's my book, you're entitled to write your own history. >> look, so vice president lieberman sent a chill down my spi
i think under those circumstances, al gore would have pushed hard against iraq. up not only would have had republicans urging it, you would have had many democrats who believed that sadaam had weapons of mass destruction. >> who cares he didn't attack us. >> uh-uh. i'm not arguing. >> there's no way vice president gore would have been that irrational. no way. >> chenk that's -- you're not listening to me. i agree with you. you're hitting a straw mat. i am suggesting that...
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oh let's go to iraq instead let's go to iraq instead. well why? this is great remember richard clark, the counter terrorism advisor who said for the love of god concentrate on al-qaeda. >> he said there aren't any good targets in afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in iraq. i said there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but iraq had nothing to do with it. >> just a couple of months after 9/11 itself. look at the president president george w. bush, talking about the man who attacked us on that day. get a load of this. >> so, i don't know where he is. you know, i just don't spend that much time on it to be honest with you. you know, who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not. we haven't heard from him in a long time, and the idea of focusing on one person is really indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. terror is bigger than one person. >> so, there's the guy flat out admitting i don't care about 9/11. i don't care about the guy who did 9/11 and now dick cheney after all that, you want to try take a
oh let's go to iraq instead let's go to iraq instead. well why? this is great remember richard clark, the counter terrorism advisor who said for the love of god concentrate on al-qaeda. >> he said there aren't any good targets in afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in iraq. i said there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but iraq had nothing to do with it. >> just a couple of months after 9/11 itself. look at the president president george w. bush, talking about...
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of course i thought the iraq war was a disaster, but they didn't start the war and they were sent in the middle of that mess. i'm curious about your politics. a lot of people have differing issues about veterans. >> right. >> right. >> cenk: the democrats a lot of times stands up for more veterans benefits but a lot of veterans support republicans, i don't know why. more pro-war? what's your take on that? >> as long as i stay with my take and don't go democratic and just go veteran. just us as a country you know, we haven't taken care of our veterans. you can name any war. it's just an ongoing battle that we have hoo t tesesnsnsility fo r goingng to happen. you know it's going to happen, but peace will exist and providence exists. we need to look out for our peace. >> cenk: if we're willing to start the war we should take care of our guys when they come back. when you perform sometimes you do an obama impersonation. >> it's pretty easy, people like it. >> cenk: go ahead. >> the world is easy. i could make it sound important. kellogg's frosted flakes are part of an essential breakfast
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president bush said after the danish cartoon or when the soldier said that he was going to burn a qur'an in iraq, he said, i apologize for people being so insensitive. people criticize president bush for a lot of things, but when it came to the muslim world, he didn't want to make them an enemy. mitt romney place into the narrative that we're out to undermine them and destroy their civilization. it's really in my view it's a sign of desperation. he knows that his campaign is not going the way he wants and he was sort of rolling the dice with this. >> jennifer: there is some suspicion, a lot of public speculation that this attack on libya and in egypt was not really a result of the film, but more a coordinateed attack to coincide with 9/11 by terrorist organizations. there are now 50 marines and two destroyers going to libya. what is going on? >> well, basically there is no doubt about the fact that there are groups in that part of the world who buy into the bin laden theirtive. this is the first 9/11 or the second one since bin laden has been killed, and they want to show that they're still viab
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somehow, we've got to have enough money to invade iraq. when mitt romney said i'm going to pay nothing was it then called an intentionally defective grantor trust he's screwing you on that and screwing you when he moves his money to the cayman islands. we all want to do that, but you got to pay your taxes when you do it. in fact, here is steven brightstone, a person who deals with these kind of estate maneuvers all the time. he says: >> in other words god we used to do that he is tricks all the time so the rich wouldn't have to stay taxes. remember romney talking about that 47% that doesn't pay federal in come tax, can you believe what funds they are? how about you you didn't pay a dime on that $100 million. you're the bum. you're the cheat. when he was asked hey have you done anything where you can show empathy toward other human beings? that seems an easy question, right no here's what mitt romney says. >> don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured. 100% of the kids in our state have health insurance. i don't think there is anythi
somehow, we've got to have enough money to invade iraq. when mitt romney said i'm going to pay nothing was it then called an intentionally defective grantor trust he's screwing you on that and screwing you when he moves his money to the cayman islands. we all want to do that, but you got to pay your taxes when you do it. in fact, here is steven brightstone, a person who deals with these kind of estate maneuvers all the time. he says: >> in other words god we used to do that he is tricks...
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vet to serve -- first iraq war vet to serve in the united states congress. it was not exactly the second coming but it was certainly treated that way in the high tech world at any rate with the unveiling of the iphone yesterday. iphone 5 by apple. john herrman is the deputy tech editor of "buzzfeed." joining us this morning on our news line. hey, john, good to talk to you. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: from what you saw yesterday, how good is it and what are the new features of the iphone 5? >> well, it's been a pretty long time since apple has given us a real surprise with the new iphone. this is no different. this is a lot like the iphone 4s. it's got a lot of incremental improvements. it has 4g wireless which will basically make using the phone feel like it is next to wi-fi at all times. it has a new camera. it's got a slightly new case so it's made out of aluminum in the back rather than the extremely delicate glass that i've seen -- i'm sure you've seen shattered on multiple occasions. the most obvious change is that it has been elongated. it's not ex
vet to serve -- first iraq war vet to serve in the united states congress. it was not exactly the second coming but it was certainly treated that way in the high tech world at any rate with the unveiling of the iphone yesterday. iphone 5 by apple. john herrman is the deputy tech editor of "buzzfeed." joining us this morning on our news line. hey, john, good to talk to you. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: from what you saw yesterday, how good is it and what are the new...
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there was a discussion of iraq. now, president obama said we got out of iraq. but let's also be realistic about this. george bush signed the exit treaty in the first place. now you would have had to get a new one -- the agreement actually to stay in iraq. how much credit does he deserve for getting us out of iraq? >> al: i think he deserves enormous credit. in his campaign four years ago he clearly differentiated between the war in iraq and the war in afghanistan. of course, the war in iraq was launched on completely false premise and by launching it, the last administration pulled most of our troops out of afghanistan, gave up on the hunt for bin laden. but afghanistan by contrast, was in immediate and direct response to the people who actually did launch 9-11 and president obama was clear that he wanted to honorably end the first and pursue the second until they got bin laden. and until they could leave in a way that allowed the afghans to have a chance of making it on their own. >> cenk: you know, that's all true. i just -- you know, toward the end there, th
there was a discussion of iraq. now, president obama said we got out of iraq. but let's also be realistic about this. george bush signed the exit treaty in the first place. now you would have had to get a new one -- the agreement actually to stay in iraq. how much credit does he deserve for getting us out of iraq? >> al: i think he deserves enormous credit. in his campaign four years ago he clearly differentiated between the war in iraq and the war in afghanistan. of course, the war in...
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we're way behind the general public in not wanting to go to iraq. we were way behind them now when they want us out of afghanistan. are we out? no. but you know, you said would make the great difference? it's money and politics. if we don't get money out of politics we're going to lose our democracy. >> eliot: all i can say is we've cherished your 20 years. we are solely miss you and the optimism i can still hear in your voice even though it's dark at levels, we will we appreciate you. >> thank you. >> eliot: representative woolsey's voice and service will
we're way behind the general public in not wanting to go to iraq. we were way behind them now when they want us out of afghanistan. are we out? no. but you know, you said would make the great difference? it's money and politics. if we don't get money out of politics we're going to lose our democracy. >> eliot: all i can say is we've cherished your 20 years. we are solely miss you and the optimism i can still hear in your voice even though it's dark at levels, we will we appreciate you....
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. >> i believe our education such as in south africa and iraq everywhere like -- such as -- >> i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: someone is always in our "war room," check us out online at current.com/thewarroom. you can check out our exclusive extras. next tuesday is voter registration day, and progressive groups all across the country are going all out to get as many people as registered as
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and mitt romney never never, in his speech never once mentioned the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq veterans or military families. which i thought was really remarkable. >> that is beyond remarkable. in high school, i've said this also -- i feel as though -- when you get to the end of the weeks you start repeating what you've been saying earlier in the week. i did high school debate. we talked about how you -- >> bill: i did it. >> you know. you flow your arguments. >> bill: yeah. >> i think mitt romney conceded a whole sheet of paper. they conceded the foreign policy debate to the president. they seeded the veterans debate to the president and the president, not only did he extend those arguments last night but he also basically said listen, this is why you can vote for me. if there's no other reason, vote for me because i care about our veterans. i take our veterans lives seriously. as president, i have to send people to war. i've hugged their parents and i've hugged their loved ones and i won't put our troops in harm's way for no reason and beyond that point you know, we have don
and mitt romney never never, in his speech never once mentioned the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq veterans or military families. which i thought was really remarkable. >> that is beyond remarkable. in high school, i've said this also -- i feel as though -- when you get to the end of the weeks you start repeating what you've been saying earlier in the week. i did high school debate. we talked about how you -- >> bill: i did it. >> you know. you flow your arguments....
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they found mwd in iraq. apparently they were found at his house in kenya. >> stephanie: here is mitt romney talking about armageddon caused by obama. dogs and cats living together. >> romney: syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood. our ambassador of libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we somehow feel we're at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. >> dictating events all over the world. we need to be is have military bases throughout the middle east and when i'm president not only will we be bombing iran -- >> stephanie: i didn't think the world could hate anyone quite as much as george w. bush but romney -- he's already preinsulted the world and he's not even close to being in office. john in las vegas you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, john. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i would like to talk about
they found mwd in iraq. apparently they were found at his house in kenya. >> stephanie: here is mitt romney talking about armageddon caused by obama. dogs and cats living together. >> romney: syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood. our ambassador of libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we somehow feel we're at the mercy of events rather...
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combat to have to pay federal income taxes and when they come back from combat, when they come back from iraq and afghanistan and go to the v.a. hospital, i guess by mitt romney's definition, they're part of the moocher class. they're part of the 47 because they're getting government benefits. of course, mitt romney is, too by taking advantage of his tax credits. he's so wrong on the facts that as we've pointed out, scott brown, senator of massachusetts says uh-huh, i don't agree with mitt on this. susan collins senator from maine, republican doesn't agree with this. linda mcmahon hope she loses no, i don't agree with him. yesterday, another u.s. senator republican senator dean heller came out from nevada and said mitt romney was wrong with his vision of america and his disdain for 50% almost of americans. so that's the first point. again how wrong mitt romney is on the facts. i know you want to talk about that. 1-866-55-press. our toll free number. the second point is how lame -- and this surprises me. how lame the response of the romney campaign is. look, they announced this week would be a
combat to have to pay federal income taxes and when they come back from combat, when they come back from iraq and afghanistan and go to the v.a. hospital, i guess by mitt romney's definition, they're part of the moocher class. they're part of the 47 because they're getting government benefits. of course, mitt romney is, too by taking advantage of his tax credits. he's so wrong on the facts that as we've pointed out, scott brown, senator of massachusetts says uh-huh, i don't agree with mitt on...
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. >> they are coming back from iraq and afghanistan and they can't find work. >> and i'll tell you what the republicans are going to do about it. that hypocrisy is unbelievable. >> later in the show, the elbow from the sky. who gets it today? well bring your guesses to@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. >> you know, if there's one thing you know about the republicans, man they support the troops, right? how many times have you heard that? a million times. how many ribbons did you see all over the cars? in fact, late last year, republican senator john busman told him how his mom checks in on him and how he's doing for veterans. >> one of her questions would be what have you done for veterans lately. i was always able to answer that question with a clean conscience while serving in the house and now in the senate. >> great. senator, you're going to get another opportunity to help vetera
. >> they are coming back from iraq and afghanistan and they can't find work. >> and i'll tell you what the republicans are going to do about it. that hypocrisy is unbelievable. >> later in the show, the elbow from the sky. who gets it today? well bring your guesses to@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the...
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you're the stupid asss who started the iraq war how did that go? that was a disaster. if this is their representative of foreign policy, no wonder why they're getting their akk kicked kicked. one more. >> a mediocre plan violently and promptly executed is better than a perfect plan to late. the president is a guy who wants all the facts. you never get all the facts in time. the world doesn't work that way. >> cenk: that's awesome. so we should attack indiscriminately. i don't have the facts. who needs the goddamn facts. i wonder why the republicans are losing in foreign policy, i can't tell. now let's bring in our epics politics man, michael shure. let's break this down. it only gets worse for romney. random attacks. >> and random attacks on romney, too. >> cenk: one of his top visors said if romney was in charge we wouldn't have had any attacks on the embassyies because they would have respected them. >> because that's fact-based. >> cenk: yes, they attack embassies all the time. that's ridiculous. tell me how romney is hurt in other ways. >> he's hurt among just ever
you're the stupid asss who started the iraq war how did that go? that was a disaster. if this is their representative of foreign policy, no wonder why they're getting their akk kicked kicked. one more. >> a mediocre plan violently and promptly executed is better than a perfect plan to late. the president is a guy who wants all the facts. you never get all the facts in time. the world doesn't work that way. >> cenk: that's awesome. so we should attack indiscriminately. i don't have...
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my choice is to do what ply crew did for me in a dusty field in iraq. on november 12, 2004, i was copilotting my blackhawk north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. a rocket-propelled grenade hit our helicopter, exploding in my lap, ripping off one leg crushing the other and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly until i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew depended on all of us pulling together. and even though they were wounded themselves and insurgents were nearby, they simply refused to leave a fallen comrade behind. their heroism is why i'm alive today. and ultimately -- [ applause ] ultimately that is what this election is about. yes, it is about the issues that matter to me. building -- building an economy that will create jobs here at home. that will -- and outcompete countries around the world. but it is also about something else. it is about whether we do for our fellow americans what my crew did for me. whether we'll look out for the hardest hit and the disabled. whether we'll pul
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it's why we went to war in iraq in part. and why you hear republicans in part trying to get us into war with iran and russia. and mitt romney said if you thought it was okay to use bed bath and beyond coverage to get your medicare coverage and you thought you could do without your student loans and the health insurance you needed, but you still wanted romney you cannot afford to have this man in the oval office answering these questions. unfortunately -- and fortunately it seems like people are coming to that conclusion on their own. you have all of your different things, and mitt romney has everything he has ever wanted handed to him on a silver platter. >> john: except the senate and the white house -- >> right but these were all steps along the way. he has sold his soul to the devil to make it so but the sad reality for mitt romney is that the toughest decision he is going to have to make next year is what color of crovot to put on for ballet sports competition, because he is not going to be making any of the decisions he
it's why we went to war in iraq in part. and why you hear republicans in part trying to get us into war with iran and russia. and mitt romney said if you thought it was okay to use bed bath and beyond coverage to get your medicare coverage and you thought you could do without your student loans and the health insurance you needed, but you still wanted romney you cannot afford to have this man in the oval office answering these questions. unfortunately -- and fortunately it seems like people are...
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the war in iraq. wa -- war in afghanistan is winding down. auto industry was on the brink of bankruptcy four years ago. today, back, bigger, better than ever. building better cars than ever. look at healthcare. 50 million americans four years ago without healthcare. couldn't get it even if they could afford it. today, 36 million more americans have healthcare. never had it before and the healthcare industry is the fastest-growing part of this economy. you can go on and on about the improvements in healthcare -- i forget how many millions of young people up to the age of 26 now have healthcare because they were able to stay on their parent's healthcare policy. and of course, for american women, contraception preventive healthcare, mammograms and everything are available for -- available under health insurance policy and with no co-pay. and jobs. the area of jobs. we were losing 800,000 jobs. just a fact. the numbers. 800,000 jobs in the first month when president obama took office. today, for the last 29 months, we've had positive job growth o
the war in iraq. wa -- war in afghanistan is winding down. auto industry was on the brink of bankruptcy four years ago. today, back, bigger, better than ever. building better cars than ever. look at healthcare. 50 million americans four years ago without healthcare. couldn't get it even if they could afford it. today, 36 million more americans have healthcare. never had it before and the healthcare industry is the fastest-growing part of this economy. you can go on and on about the improvements...
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. >> cenk: he was the brave soul who told rumsfeld that we do not have enough troops to go in iraq. and later he retired. and then he was proven extremely right, which is the worst thing in the bush administration. of course he has to leave immediately. he's a hero. not a lot of generals spoke out. and there was a lot of criticism criticism. why didn't anything say anything? well general shinseki warned us. if you go to war or not you better have enough troops. we didn't, and he was right. >> al gore: they forced him into an early retirement. nay toughnative of hawai'i. a very fine man. >> jennifer: i'm interested in how they're constructing this evening. barney frank was jumped in some way. we're not sure what happened there. maybe she'll bring him on later. but much to our disappointment, but shinseki, of course, focuses on veterans. this is the second night in a row that there has been some light shined on the veteran community. next up after this is a couple--one mayor nutter of philadelphia and then governor hickenlooper, former governor of colorado. and then sister simone camp
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believe this is an inhibitor for new voters, young voters even returning soldiers who have come back from iraq and afghanistan, maybe jeopardized from the right to vote. let me tell you one thing. in the texas voter i.d., they were not able to use federal i.d. documents. a veteran told me that because his i.d. did not have a date on it under the texas law, he could not use his permanent federal veterans i.d. card. is that absurd? an outrage as one could ever believe. >> exactly right. in the pennsylvania litigation, which is still pending the court and the state of pennsylvania acknowledged it could not point to one single case of voter impersonation fraud which, of course, was the underlying predicate to their entire statute. let me ask you what you're saying and our generic feeling about the obligation to permit people to vote, to get them to vote, moderate republicans coming back into the fold who are saying you know what? we have to push back against the republican fringe and make voting something we believe in. we'll work with you on the voter registration effort and pushing back against
believe this is an inhibitor for new voters, young voters even returning soldiers who have come back from iraq and afghanistan, maybe jeopardized from the right to vote. let me tell you one thing. in the texas voter i.d., they were not able to use federal i.d. documents. a veteran told me that because his i.d. did not have a date on it under the texas law, he could not use his permanent federal veterans i.d. card. is that absurd? an outrage as one could ever believe. >> exactly right. in...
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. >> cenk: no, no, in iraq, they kicked us out. >> how long would john mccain have stayed. we knew in libya we knew in north africa what the demeanor of john mccain was from the get-go. >> cenk: wait a minute. i think we went in a smarter way than mccain would have done. so that would make a difference. >> a really big difference. >> cenk: see, on this i'm totally with lupe. you think mccain would have done anything worse than killing i. citizens without a fair trial trial. >> on foreign policy i don't think mccain would have used diplomacy the way this president has. >> if you're going to to debate this come at them. don't call them stupid, dumb, silly, or young idiots, because then you're not taking them seriously. >> cenk: that's a good point. you have to engage substantially. in the website we think you should vote no matter what. and rocky anderson and gary johnson is an independent. look through the candidates and find out what you think for yourself. when we come back, we've got a very important story--o chick-fil-a. do you remember how they were going to "kumbaya" a
. >> cenk: no, no, in iraq, they kicked us out. >> how long would john mccain have stayed. we knew in libya we knew in north africa what the demeanor of john mccain was from the get-go. >> cenk: wait a minute. i think we went in a smarter way than mccain would have done. so that would make a difference. >> a really big difference. >> cenk: see, on this i'm totally with lupe. you think mccain would have done anything worse than killing i. citizens without a fair...
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and jayar made the comment that when they didn't show the coffins after the iraq war, that's just propaganda. you have to know the cost of war. and then our second topic, todd akin. he is doing it again. he made the famous comments about if it's legitimate rape a women's body has a way of shutting down so it doesn't get pregnant. and he has a debate with senator mccaskill. he said this . . . now senator mccaskill had a chance to respond. she said this. >> i don't know exactly what his accusation that i'm not lady like means. i'm a former courtroom prosecutor and i try to be strong and informed and i think the debate was tough for todd because i went through the list of his very, very extreme positions, and i think that maybe he wasn't prepared to answer to some of that. >> cenk: ana how would you feel if a guy said you shouldn't be as aggressive as you were because that's not lady like. >> i would be livid and that would lead me to be even more unlady like. [ laughter ] >> cenk: michael? >> it is amazing. every kay there is something new. mitt romney must be so happy that todd akin is out th
and jayar made the comment that when they didn't show the coffins after the iraq war, that's just propaganda. you have to know the cost of war. and then our second topic, todd akin. he is doing it again. he made the famous comments about if it's legitimate rape a women's body has a way of shutting down so it doesn't get pregnant. and he has a debate with senator mccaskill. he said this . . . now senator mccaskill had a chance to respond. she said this. >> i don't know exactly what his...
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, in uniform in iraq, who wanted to know about don't ask don't tell. listen to -- it was somewhere down south. and listen to the reaction of the crowd to one of our soldiers. >> in 2010 when i was deployed to iraq, i had to lie about who i was because i'm a gay soldier. i didn't. to lose ply job. -- i didn't want to lose my job. my question is do you intend to circumvent the -- or gay and lesbian soldiers in the military. >> bill: before anybody could even answer, the crowd boos him. so with all of that background, this -- now this study, released yesterday by the williams institute which is part of the ucla law school. they interfered 553 generals and admirals. they interviewed many, many members of the military in all branches both gay and straight. and they found a year after okay, a year after don't ask don't tell has been repealed, get this. they found no overall negative impact on military readiness unit cohesion, recruitment retention or morale. in other words no negative effects of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. so all of the critics were
, in uniform in iraq, who wanted to know about don't ask don't tell. listen to -- it was somewhere down south. and listen to the reaction of the crowd to one of our soldiers. >> in 2010 when i was deployed to iraq, i had to lie about who i was because i'm a gay soldier. i didn't. to lose ply job. -- i didn't want to lose my job. my question is do you intend to circumvent the -- or gay and lesbian soldiers in the military. >> bill: before anybody could even answer, the crowd boos...
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. >> obama: four years ago i promised toen the war in iraq. we did. [ cheers and applause ] . >> obama: i promised to refocus on the terrorist who actually attacked us in 9/11. and we have. in 2014 our longest war will be over. cheer [ applause ] >> obama: a new tower rises above the new york skyline. al-qaeda is on the path to defeat, and osama bin laden is dead. >> stephanie: as we were saying the only empty chair at our convention, osama bin laden's. snap. just great lines last night. john kerry asked osama bin laden if he is better off than he was four years ago. >> i thought john kerry did a great job last night. >> stephanie: absolutely. >> everybody did a great job. >> stephanie: yeah, it was hard to pick highlights. >> i agree with you. and president clinton was amazing. >> stephanie: the man can give a speech. the story of the convention he was ripping for 40% of it. >> i did not know that. he is incredible. what a mind. incredible heart and mind. >> stephanie: the fact that he can present facts with so much charm and humor in a way t
. >> obama: four years ago i promised toen the war in iraq. we did. [ cheers and applause ] . >> obama: i promised to refocus on the terrorist who actually attacked us in 9/11. and we have. in 2014 our longest war will be over. cheer [ applause ] >> obama: a new tower rises above the new york skyline. al-qaeda is on the path to defeat, and osama bin laden is dead. >> stephanie: as we were saying the only empty chair at our convention, osama bin laden's. snap. just great...
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. >> when they did eavesdrop on our soldiers in iraq, what is the first thing they listened to? phone sex. of course! that's what they always do when they do warrantless wiretapping you let power get out of control. eliot, what do you have for us? >> chenk, i just got to tell you that story you were just talking about, hugely important. we have whistle blowers from the n.s.o. on a couple of months ago. what goes on there is without boundaries. it's unbelievable how much they're getting away with. the 47% that mitt romney has made famous, we're going to be talking about that. it's going to be an amazing thing to see how this filters out. is this the beginning of the end for mitt romney or is this going to get his base excited because this is what they belieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieie i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go ta
. >> when they did eavesdrop on our soldiers in iraq, what is the first thing they listened to? phone sex. of course! that's what they always do when they do warrantless wiretapping you let power get out of control. eliot, what do you have for us? >> chenk, i just got to tell you that story you were just talking about, hugely important. we have whistle blowers from the n.s.o. on a couple of months ago. what goes on there is without boundaries. it's unbelievable how much they're...
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certainly president bush was concerned like others, that there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq. it turned out that potentially wasn't the case. although maybe they were in syria. i think governor romney will be focused as president on building a robust american economy. having trade and having a peace through strength foreign policy and hopefully that deters us from ending up in war. having said that, look, we're the shiny city on the hill. we've had a bipartisan consensus from president truman and president kennedy president johnson. ronald reagan. that we believe in american values and we're going to stand strong for those values. >> jennifer: for sure. and i think everybody wants to do that regardless of which party you're in. you want to stand strong for american values. but mitt romney has been saying and he continues to say that the president has been going around the world apologizing for america's values when people who have checked us out like in "the washington post," politifact said that's a four pinocchio statement. that's an utter lie. the president hasn't gone aro
certainly president bush was concerned like others, that there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq. it turned out that potentially wasn't the case. although maybe they were in syria. i think governor romney will be focused as president on building a robust american economy. having trade and having a peace through strength foreign policy and hopefully that deters us from ending up in war. having said that, look, we're the shiny city on the hill. we've had a bipartisan consensus from...
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unemployment rate among veterans in particular is higher, especially veterans coming back from afghanistan and iraq, is higher than it is across the general population. >> exactly right. the estimates vary depending on the age group and the geography from a few points higher to double the general unemployment rate. among younger veterans coming back nonofficers that is enlisted the estimate is that the unemployment rate is as much as double the average population which is a really searing indictment of our nation if you think about it. these are young men and women called to serve the country and their contemporaries are employed and they can't find jobs. >> eliot: the other aspect of this is this bill was paid for. i've read all of the articles and statements. explain to us because it directly rebuts the republican claim this bill was paid for. explain to us how that was. >> paid for by savings closing loopholes, direct dollar for dollar. all of this talk about the deficit and destroying the budget and so forth and so on. first of all even if it hadn't been paid for in my view, as a member of the
unemployment rate among veterans in particular is higher, especially veterans coming back from afghanistan and iraq, is higher than it is across the general population. >> exactly right. the estimates vary depending on the age group and the geography from a few points higher to double the general unemployment rate. among younger veterans coming back nonofficers that is enlisted the estimate is that the unemployment rate is as much as double the average population which is a really searing...
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. >> obama: four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [applause] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, and we have. in 2014, our longest war will be over. al-qaeda is on the bath to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> cenk: hard to argue with that. no turn to go mitt romney and paul paul's lack of experience of foreign policy, here is some good lines as well. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are "new" to foreign policy. [applause] but from all that we've seen and heard they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. you don't call russia our number one enemy--not al-qaeda-- al-qaeda--russia--unless you're still stuck in a cold war mind warp. >> cenk: towards the end of his speech, president obama had my favorite line of the night. >> obama: you're the reason a young immigrant grew up here, went to school here and pledge allegiance to our flag will not be deported from the only country she has ever called home. by selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of th
. >> obama: four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [applause] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, and we have. in 2014, our longest war will be over. al-qaeda is on the bath to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> cenk: hard to argue with that. no turn to go mitt romney and paul paul's lack of experience of foreign policy, here is some good lines as well. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are "new" to foreign...
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a job corps just for veterans coming home from iraq and afghanistan. republicans did filibuster it. i think two or three republicans broke ranks a voted with democrats. and this was a classic case of republican -- it was a great idea, and everybody wants to help the veterans but the republicans don't want to help barack obama get another victory for the election and mitch mcconnell basically said that, that they were all for this, but they are not going to do it now because it would look good for president obama. >> yes and i didn't even see it. >> bill: yeah, it was politics over policy, and it is regretful. nancy pelosi was optimistic friday that democrats were going to be able to win the house. and she said if democrats win by ten. they get the house back. >> i think democrats have a chance to gain seats, and that's the kind of reality of it. but they don't have a chance to get the house. i think it is more like 35 to 40 seats they would need to win back the house. that's a tall task. but weird things happen in politics. i don't think this is going to be one of the things that ha
a job corps just for veterans coming home from iraq and afghanistan. republicans did filibuster it. i think two or three republicans broke ranks a voted with democrats. and this was a classic case of republican -- it was a great idea, and everybody wants to help the veterans but the republicans don't want to help barack obama get another victory for the election and mitch mcconnell basically said that, that they were all for this, but they are not going to do it now because it would look good...
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as we wind down the war in iraq and in -- wars in iraq and afghanistan, let's bring the money home and put it to work here in the united states. >> obama: after a decade of war it's time to do some nation building right here at home. [ cheering ] >> bill: yes yes, yes indeed. so big line-up today. major garrett from the "national journal" will be here as a "friend of bill." we'll be joined by dave zirin sports editor for the nation to take a look at the nfl deal and we'll go out on the campaign trail with ginger gibson from politico who's been following -- moving around with romney and ryan in ohio. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> bill, have you downloaded angry birds to your new iphone? >> bill: no, i haven't. i don't know whether it is automatic. >> the most popular and financial successful noble game in history is now getting a spin-off. folks behind angry birds are giving the enemy pigs from that game their own space called bad piggies, the chubby green pigs, the enemies of the birds will get their own game. "daily beast" reminds us that -- >> bill: they make tha
as we wind down the war in iraq and in -- wars in iraq and afghanistan, let's bring the money home and put it to work here in the united states. >> obama: after a decade of war it's time to do some nation building right here at home. [ cheering ] >> bill: yes yes, yes indeed. so big line-up today. major garrett from the "national journal" will be here as a "friend of bill." we'll be joined by dave zirin sports editor for the nation to take a look at the nfl deal...
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. >> it wasn't iraq. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12. the phone until toll free. mary from missouri, you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: well, hello. >> stephanie: hi. >> caller: hold on. >> stephanie: bad time? i'll wait here. >> caller: okay. i'm sorry. i was on hold for a long time. i had to go pee. >> stephanie: thank you for that. go ahead mary. >> caller: too much? welcome back. i wanted to ask what is it with all of the trolls that have i guess nothing better to do than to call you? >> stephanie: i know right? >> caller: i have fox news blocked from my dvr thing. you can't even get that channel if you try to in my house. so i don't get why they waste their time if they don't agree -- if they disagree with everything you say they have their own agenda. do they think they might change my mind if they call in with one of their -- points? >> stephanie: sometimes a few guys have gotten me by sitting on their remote and getting me by accident. they butt dial me essentially. that happens too. >> they end up being somewhat befuddled. >> stephanie: pau
. >> it wasn't iraq. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12. the phone until toll free. mary from missouri, you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: well, hello. >> stephanie: hi. >> caller: hold on. >> stephanie: bad time? i'll wait here. >> caller: okay. i'm sorry. i was on hold for a long time. i had to go pee. >> stephanie: thank you for that. go ahead mary. >> caller: too much? welcome back. i wanted to ask what is it with all...
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the bombing started yesterday after a judge sentenced iraq's fugitive sunni vice president to death by hanging on charges he masterminded the death squads against rivals. the car bombs tore through six different baghdad neighborhoods. this was one of the deadliest days in iraq since american soldiers pulled out of that country. >>> prince harry's helicopter training in afghanistan starts today. the prince recently arrived there for his second tour of duty. officials say harry did not want any royal treatment during the mission. he'll be inasmuch danger as almost any other member of the military. he's already completed a two-day course on shooting and roadside bomb awareness. his last mission was back in 2008. it was kept a secret because of security concerns. >>> the faa still trying to figure out how a piece of an airplane landed in a man's front yard in washington state. police say a landing gear door from a boeing 767 landed in thy. that piece is roughly the size of a refrigerator door, and it missed a parked car by just a few feet. luckily, nobody was hurt when the door hit the gro
the bombing started yesterday after a judge sentenced iraq's fugitive sunni vice president to death by hanging on charges he masterminded the death squads against rivals. the car bombs tore through six different baghdad neighborhoods. this was one of the deadliest days in iraq since american soldiers pulled out of that country. >>> prince harry's helicopter training in afghanistan starts today. the prince recently arrived there for his second tour of duty. officials say harry did not...
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should help south africa and iraq and asian countries so that we will be able to build up our future for our children. >> how won the fold goldfish beauty pageant? who cares. not like a fish did the slow wave. they are really all winners. that does it for us. another hour or 360 at 10:00 p.m. here is pierce morgan. >> tonight, in this corner romney depended the governor of virginia. battleground america one-on-one. tonight romney's 47% g axgaffe kelsey grammer life has been an endangered species. prescription for keeping america great. >> i think smaller government is a good idea. always have. lower taxes are a good idea. always have. >> this is "pierce morgan tonight". >> breaking news live pictures from miami mr. mitt romney is on stage. also breaking news from libya. the country's terrorism chief now says it was an attack. we begin with mitt romney he told and audience in atlanta that he believes in a redistribution of wealth and he does not. the tape came out with the president saying he believes in redistribution. i don't. i believe the way to lift people is not to take from som
should help south africa and iraq and asian countries so that we will be able to build up our future for our children. >> how won the fold goldfish beauty pageant? who cares. not like a fish did the slow wave. they are really all winners. that does it for us. another hour or 360 at 10:00 p.m. here is pierce morgan. >> tonight, in this corner romney depended the governor of virginia. battleground america one-on-one. tonight romney's 47% g axgaffe kelsey grammer life has been an...
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and barbara lee and maxine waters went around the country trying to build opposition to the war in iraq. >> right. >> bill: and at that party last night, i heard that there was -- a lot of excitement on the floor yesterday when paul ryan showed up. for the first time. right? what was that like? >> i actually was not engaged in the talking that went on or the secret service that was there. but you know, he becomes a hero of the republican caucus. and great for them. let's really define the difference. >> bill: they gave a standing ovation when he came in. here's our hero, the guy who's going to save us. charlie wrangle told me last night that he went up -- when they were all applauding, that he walked up, too. and applauded. they said what are you doing? he said i just want to thank you. thank you for the democrats and the democratic party thanks you. i thank you. our country thanks you because you have made medicare the issue in this campaign. >> that's right. >> bill: really has. >> they cannot win. they're trying to walk back the voucher language. but you know, $6,000 more coming out
and barbara lee and maxine waters went around the country trying to build opposition to the war in iraq. >> right. >> bill: and at that party last night, i heard that there was -- a lot of excitement on the floor yesterday when paul ryan showed up. for the first time. right? what was that like? >> i actually was not engaged in the talking that went on or the secret service that was there. but you know, he becomes a hero of the republican caucus. and great for them. let's...